Chili Bowl Recap

This past Sunday, February 16th, Neffsville’s youth group hosted its annual Chili Bowl Fundraiser. Twenty chilis and 21 desserts were entered into the contest. Eleven youth and countless adults helped prepare and host this event. It was a lot of work but everyone was a huge help, and it was a success! We had a great time tasting great food, spending time with each other, and voting for our favorites! 

Brad Herr’s chili and Miriam Long’s desserts won our Bowl this year! 

Thank you to everyone who brought chilis and desserts, who helped make the event happen, and who participated so generously! We raised $4,800!

Future Fundraisers

This is a huge step forward in our fundraising goal this year, which is to raise close to $40,000 by this summer. This July the Sr. High Youth Group is headed to Peru for a Missions/Service trip. We are partnering with South American Mission as well as Julio and Olga Chiang’s church. We will be at SAM’s campus in Pucallpa, which is in the tropical part of Peru, from July 5th to July 12th. There we will partner with the missionaries and the students at SAM Academy to help with ongoing projects and learn about the area. We don’t know exactly what we’ll be doing yet, but it might include cleaning/construction, VBS, and/or evangelism in the nearby town. 

We will then spend two days in Lima with the Chiang’s church before returning home on July 15th. 

We are planning this trip with the help of Phil Hostetter and Golden Rule Travel. The total cost per person including flights, lodging, meals, project costs, travel insurance, and ground transportation will likely be around $2,300. We anticipate 18 to 20 people on this trip, including youth and adult leaders. This is where we get the $40,000 goal. The remaining costs will be covered by the youth going on the trip. We are not charging the full cost because that would make this trip prohibitive for many of our youth. Instead, we are asking our youth to actively participate in our fundraisers as a way of working towards the funds to help them go on this trip. Those who cannot participate in fundraisers will be expected to contribute in other ways. If we raise more than we end up needing, then the leftover funds will go toward future youth programs and trips like our fall and winter retreats and Jr. High summer programming.

Check out our upcoming fundraisers to help us reach our goal:

Wednesday, February 26th: Panera Fundraiser

There’s no WNO meal this night, so head to Panera for dinner! If you go to the Panera on Fruitville Pike between 4 and 8pm, Panera will donate 25% of their net sales to Neffsville’s Youth Group! Use the code “FUND4U” when you order.

March 16th: Trivia Fundraiser 

After church on Sunday, the youth group will host a trivia contest with lunch provided! Sign up with a team of 4-6 players or on your own for a delicious meal and a fun time! There will be a $5 suggested donation for lunch and $10/person to play trivia. Sign up here or on paper in the foyer! Sign up by March 12th.

April 2nd: Youth Led Worship Night

After the WNO meal the youth will lead a time of praise and worship. No sign ups or expectations - just come and worship together. There will be a donation box available.  

May 7th: Youth WNO Fundraiser Meal

The youth group will prepare and serve a meal on this Wednesday night. We don’t quite know what the meal will be yet this year, but we’ll let you know!

May through June: Adopt A Mile 

Starting in May we will provide an opportunity to sponsor those attending the Peru trip by paying for the “miles” we will be traveling. Our flight itinerary will be to leave from PHL, have layovers in Miami and Lima before our final destination in Pucallpa. This is a total of 3,926 miles just on our way down. We will fly the same route on our way back giving us a trip total of 7,852 miles by plane. At this point we will have the final list of who is going, so we will also provide prayer cards so you can pray for each student as they prepare for the trip. 

Hopefully, we will have raised all of the funds that we need by the end of June! 

Thank you so much to those of you who have so generously supported us so far. More details are to come on all of these events. As always, never hesitate to come to me with your questions and comments.